info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (04/26/84)
Date: Sun 22 Apr 84 01:28:24-EST From: uw-beaver!INTMET@BBNA.ARPA To: info-mac@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA The trace edges action in MacPaint's edit menu provides the first step on the road to a good time. First draw a circle about half a screen full, in the center of the window. Then marquee the entire window, by double clicking the marquee tool. Use trace edges to create a nest of circles, the command E is a short cut here. Now the tricky part: cut a channel into the center of you nest of circles, the easy way to do this is to draw a line from the center to the outside using white paint. Lasso the entire nest of circles, since we cut a channel into the nest the lasso will "leak" into the nest. Draw off a copy, you'll enjoy it. ben. -------
info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (05/12/84)
Date: 11 May 1984 08:07 GMT From: uw-beaver!byard@dca-eur To: BJORN@LOCAL Cc: info-mac@sumex Re: MAC in Europe Date: 11 May 1984 07:51:50 Z Text: 50 Hz is no problem. We have used the American version of Mac with a small transformer. The transformers are readily available over here. A 220/110 switch would indeed complement the Mac travel bag. Better yet, automatic voltage sensing and operation on various power standards would make Mac more "international" and less vulnerable to accidental smoke tests. Larry Byard @ DCA-EUR Stuttgart
info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (05/15/84)
Date: 12 May 84 14:42 EDT
From: Richard Reich <uw-beaver!REICH@NYU-ACF1.ARPA>
To: WCATTEY@BBNF.ARPA
Cc: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA
In-Reply-To: <WCATTEY.12014511182.BABYL@BBNF.ARPA> ;
Message of 11-MAY-1984 21:14 from "William D. Cattey" <WCATTEY@BBNF.ARPA>
I got the new stuff (Finder, MacWrite, DiskCopy) from my store on a
completely informal ("I can't really tell you where I got it...") basis.
All seems well EXCEPT MacForth craps out at initiation using the new
system folder. BASIC seems to work ok, and I haven't checked Multiplan yet.
-r
ps... The new "About the Finder" is pretty cute.
-------info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (05/17/84)
Date: Tue, 15 May 84 18:51 PST From: uw-beaver!DENNIS.GRIESSER@HIS-LA-CP6.ARPA To: INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM About the program for color on the MAC... A few transactions ago, somebody posted a program that displays color on the Mac. Very little documentation was provided. Although I don't have a Mac, I know a little about the technique that was used. It's called "subjective color". It can be produced on monochrome (!) displays by flashing the item to be colored on and off in a certain sequence. There is really no color there, and a camera won't show colors. It's all done by tricking the eye and brain. Some people who are normally color-blind have no trouble seeing these subjective colors. Some folks with perfect vision can't see one or more of the subjective colors. I don't know what factors are involved in who can and cannot see this effect. This phenomenon has been known for years. It is usually demonstrated by spinning a disk that carries strategically spaced dark and light areas. This is the first I have heard about software to produce subjective color. Some proposals have been made for hardware to produce this effect, but I have not heard of a commercial product that uses it. For the insatiably curious, there was a good article on this topic in BYTE many years ago. Try looking around 1977.
info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (06/05/84)
From: uw-beaver!princeton!tilt!down!honey@seismo.ARPA Date: 4 Jun 1984 07:55-EDT To: info-mac@seismo.ARPA /***** down:net.micro.appl / mhuxt!evans / 3:19 pm May 30, 1984*/ Manx Software will be releasing their Macintosh C very soon -- they will now take your name and put it on a mailing list. Does anyone have any specifics yet? If you want to get on their mailing list try them at: (201) 530-7997 Steve Crandall ihnp4!mhuxt!evans /* ---------- */